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Women’s History Month at Devon History Society: Jo Talbot Bowen presents Dame Elizabeth Simcoe – A Creative Genius in Devon

- In celebration of Women’s History Month in March 2024, Jo Talbot Bowen gave a fascinating talk to the Devon History Society on the artist and diarist Elizabeth Simcoe (1762-1850).

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Spring Symposium on Devon’s Maritime History in the 1920s – Change, Progress and Decline

- DHS and the South West Maritime History Society are jointly hosting a Devon in the 1920s event in Plymouth

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Way of the Wharves – Heritage Harbour News

- The year has started very well as we can now share the news that the Maritime Heritage Trust, in conjunction with National Historic Ships and Historic England, has recognised Bideford and River Torridge as a heritage harbour. See: https://maritimeheritage.org.uk/uk-heritage-harbours/bideford-river-torridge. This means we join Exeter as the second heritage harbour in Devon and become one of nine

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